Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 607
y complete the cutting of the thread by a series of operations. The cam-formed projections x are asseries of planes inclined to the plane of the face of the wheel from which they project, and the lengthof each is such, relatively to their motion, as that each shall move its whole length for the… … The screw-blanks c are inserted in holes in the rim d of what is called the carrying and holdingwheel e, the rim being made to project from the face of the wheel sufficiently for this purpose. Theshaft f of this wheel runs in standards g of a carriage h that runs on ways V i, and this…
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